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> The link to the study is broken Correct link appears to be https://journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmen.0000022 https://journals.pl

• autoexec 2y ago
  Pretty much what I thought: "the studies did not provide clear evidence that IA played a causal role towards the development of the adolescent brain." There were a ton of other limitations too ("Components of the study, such as sample sizes, effect sizes, and demographics were not weighted or controlled", all the studies coming from "China (8), Korea (3), and Indonesia (1)" which might explain how a bunch of kids got diagnosed with a condition that isn't really recognized as a disorder in the west, inconsistent terminology ("online gaming addiction, internet addiction, internet gaming disorder, and problematic internet use") without clear consensus on what those terms actually mean, etc Limiting cell phone/social media use is probably a good idea, especially for teens, but I sure wouldn't say that anyone should panic or change their behavior based on this paper.